The Press., 1887-07-07

St. Edwards (R. O church is prett1 3 well demolished. preparatory to enlarg1ng STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 E. Pinney had his thumb broken byts fall from bicycle June 30th.
 The citizens of the Hollow justly fe , licitate themselves on the success of theil
 Fourth of July celebration. It would have : done great credit to a far larger and richer community. All interested themselves t make it day of genuine and wholesome : enjoyment. The program was carried out without hitch, and with the best-of feel ing all round It is the universal verdict that the paraders of the morning were well got up, and that they bore themselves
 bravely as becometh the day and it's tradi-
 tions of stalWart patriotism. Only one in dividual, so far as known, Mr. Bugbee's ] ordinarily quiet and reliable horse, took any exceptions. The ladies provided an ample collation. at the town hall. The
 bali game was we'll contested, and though
 the 'syoung fry won, many believe that another time the married folks can give Ithem points and reverse the score. The crowning feature of the day was the ssfire works" in the evening. They were fine. and were greatly enjoyed by the largest and best behaved crowd assembled in Staf- ford for many years. Take it all in all, 1t was a ssred letter day. for this little com munity. Thanks are due to all in charge for their enterprise and efficiency. No unseemly or disorderly conduct was mo- ticed. Let us have more celebrations of this character, and lift the fourth of July out of the mire of dirt and disgrace into which, in too many places, it has fallen. g l Rev. o. W. Riddle, D. D., of Ianas bridge, Mass, will preach in the UlliYax salist church next Sunday. It is hopea that large congregation will greet him. There will be no preaching July 17th, and 24th. MT. Simmons expects to return from his vacation so as to preach JHly 31st. ... | WEST STAFFORD "sfs 4 If the good people of the neighboring parishes noticed the booming of cannon from this quarter last Sunday p. m., from before sunset until midnight, it is hoped that the dwellers among these hills will not be credited or charged with the shame and the disgrace of such desecration. of holy time, for, with all our faults, we have not sunk so low as that, and may the day never come when we shall reach that infamy The disturbance was occasioned by the lawlessness of 8 company of men who have been for two weeks making their headquarters in this village, on whose hands the day dragged heavily, having been idle the day previous also, and who saw fit to anticipate the coming national holiday by an exhibition of spirit and lib- erty, which means license to do as you please, independent of all law-humnn or divine. The whole community feel in suited. ~-The 4th passed without incident-not even the national emblem floating in the breeze. Each celebrated ill way to suit his own fancy. But let us never forget the day which means so much 10 our na- tional life and history.
 ''Let music swell the breeze,
 And ring from all the trees
 Sweet freedoms song."
 | sTAFFoRDvILLE.
 desk of the Congregational church last Sabbath, will supply next Sabbath and the one following.
 WELLINGTON. (Cerrespondenee.)
 The grass crop is hardly up to that of last year. .4 Miss Justina Merrick, daughter of Timothy Merrick, now of Holyoke, Mass, was bridesmaid at the marriage of MT. J. A. Skinner and Miss Martha C. Hubbard in Danbury last week. Miss Merrich was dressed. in white India null, while the bride wore white faille franchise dress, trimmed with duchesse and point lace, train and veil. s..-.a.
 MT. ". V. Gray of New London, an Amherst college junior, preached in the Baptist church last Sunday.
 We were applied to week or two ago to make out the necessary papers in an alleged case of breach of the peace in South Wilmington, but declined, as we have of late in tho matter of several cases, both civil and criminal. This case was taken up subsequently, we learn, the pa-. pers being made out in Stafford, and the defendant, Chas. F. Macfarlane, Jr., was fined seven dollars and costs for breach of the peace, which grew out of an assault on Willie Barrows. .1a. .
 Scholars perfect in attendance in the South WillingtoIi school last term : Tom my Denman, Walter Connor, Wallace Preston. Matt Seagraves was absent one-half day on account of sickness.
 Mrs. Susan O., widow of the late Alpheus Knight, who lived on the old John Morrison place, near Daleville, died at Central Falls, R. l., last week, and was buried in the new cemetery here on Tues day. Rev. MT. Savage of Holland ofici- ated at the grave.
 Herbert Lillibridge is now. foreman Of G. Hall, Jr., < Co.'S. farm hands, Sc.
 -Origen Hall, late years of Williman tic, is now almost totally blind. .-..s
 Mrs. Jennie Knox and children are at. the old home for the month *,'E.s
 Widow Orlan Glazier of Hartford spent last Sunday with Mrs. Fear G. Preston. .1>. = se5
 Quite a number of visitors came to town Saturday last to spend the Fourth. The day here was uneventful ul-quite so
 Every old soldier who served unders the late Gen. J. w. Phelps in the De pertinent of the Gulf, ;" especially Gh0 who were with him on Ship Island aalsl is the extensive rebel works noEah of Aaw Orleans, which he named Fort Parapef. x 2, should possess 9 copy of his AIlife and Public Services, recently issued by Prank p. Housh & Co.,, Brattleboro u s a1 dainty little brochure, and the price is 501 cents. Who of us, survivors of his com mand, can ever forget that kind hearted, quaint, honest old man?